A monument dedicated to the hundreds of Greek citizens executed by the Nazis on December 1943 at Viannos, Crete, Greece
This is a monument dedicated to the houndreds of Greek citizens executed by the Nazis on December 1943 at (Ano) Viannos, and several more villages of Viannos county and Ierapetra county, as retaliation to the execution of 15 German officers by the Cretan rebels. This monument is located at a place called Seli Amyra, South Crete very close to the borders of Iraklion and Lasithi prefecture. 900 families were obliged to abandone their houses because their villages were totally distroyed by the Germans. Since then those villages are called by the locals "Burned Villages". The dead were more than 400 and their names are written on these statues. If you could "zoom-in" at one of these abstract figures you could read the names of the dead. For example, on the first figure, among many others, you can read 7 names with the surname "Pnevmatikakis" and 6 times the surname "Karpolakis". Whole families were wiped out! One of the most infamous war crimes in the history of mankind. Many more place in Greece shared the same "destiny" and suffered incredible violence by the most brutal army in the history of mankind
Size: 3628px × 2418px
Location: Seli Amyra, Viannos village, Heraklion prefecture, Crete, Greece, Europe
Photo credit: © Hercules Milas / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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